I completed my PhD at Penn State in materials science and engineering with a focus on semiconductor thin film synthesis for infrared nanophotonic applications. During this time, I became very involved in a science advocacy and science communication. After graduate school I made a career pivot to spend a year on Capitol Hill as an Congressional Science Fellow sponsored by the American Chemical Society. I served in Senator Sherrod Brown's personal office as a science policy advisor with a focus on labor, trade, manufacturing, and economic development.

Following my time on the Hill, I transitioned to the Executive Branch where I served as a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations with the Hydrogen Hubs Project Management team. In this position, I worked on project management oversight for a Hydrogen Hub consisting of $925 million in federal cost share and various project developers executing clean hydrogen demonstration projects aimed at creating a regional clean hydrogen economy.

Dr. Mark Feuer DiTusa received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he studied the properties of plastic semiconductors to improve their electronic performance. Mark was a Christine Mirzayan fellow working for the Gulf Research Program's Board on Gulf Education and Engagement, and was most recently Chemistry & Engineering News's producer for their podcast Stereo Chemistry. He relishes being in interdisciplinary roles and situations that require the synthesis of multiple knowledge bases, whether between sciences or between science and another discipline. As someone who grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and attended Louisiana State University, he has seen firsthand how the energy industry impacts and shapes communities. He also believes strongly that science is for everyone, and that communicating and educating about science is critical to an informed citizenry. He hopes to utilize his wide breadth of scientific, communications, and policy knowledge to work improving the lives of Americans, particularly in clean technology, environmental justice, and scientific education.